3.1.3

Object

Representation ID: 4629

Received: 08/08/2025

Respondent: CPRE Kent

Agent: Mr Richard Thompson

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

The Council’s spatial development strategy should focus on optimising the recycling of land that has already been used for buildings by adopting a truly ‘brownfield first’ strategy.

Object

Representation ID: 4637

Received: 08/08/2025

Respondent: Mr Kevin Smith

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Historically the council has a poor record of actual development of brownfield sites, the proposal also reduce employment opportunities at Chatham Docks, they will fact cause employees to be made redundant.

Support

Representation ID: 4698

Received: 09/08/2025

Respondent: Mr Keith Harrison

Bringing brown field sites back into use, although likely to be more expensive for developers, is surely the best approach.

Support

Representation ID: 4935

Received: 11/08/2025

Respondent: Mr Kevin Boyd

do not use up our greenbelt

Support

Representation ID: 4988

Received: 11/08/2025

Respondent: Mr Craig Grindley

I support the vision, but what about the area from Capstone to Lidsing?
This is green land that you are killing. Beautiful rolling hills of the North Downs, a leisure area for locals who live either side of it, whether Chatham, Walderslade, Lordswood, Hempstead.
This area has some of the best air quality in the Medway towns and people use it for the health and wellbeing.
You are killing it by building over it, killing our green spaces.

Support

Representation ID: 5022

Received: 11/08/2025

Respondent: Mr Lincoln Ritchie

Thank you for prioritising brownfield development and design-led regeneration. Regeneration and increased density respect heritage, reduce land use, and place homes where jobs and services already exist.